Hazel - Brossura

Hearn, Julie

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0192792148 ISBN 13: 9780192792143

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2007

Riassunto

Sweet but dull - that's how life has always been for Hazel Louise Mull-Dare. With money pouring in from the family's Caribbean sugar plantation, a father who spoils her rotten, and no pressure to excel in anything whatsoever, her future is looking as prim and proper as one of her hats. But on the day of the Epsom Derby - June 4th, 1913 - everything changes. A woman in a dark coat steps out in front of the King's horse, dying days later from her injuries. Who was she and why did she do it? Hazel is determined to find out. But finding out leads her into worse trouble than she could ever have imagined. It leads to banishment. To secrets that have festered, and a shame that lingers on. To madness and misunderstanding in the place where sugar cane grows. Sweet but dull - that's how life used to be for Hazel Louise Mull-Dare. Not any more.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

Hearn has the skill of a conjuror (The Sunday Times)

Hearn writes with great brio and style (Adele Geras, The Guardian)

Descrizione del libro:

From the suffragette struggle to dark secrets in the Caribbean, a rich and engrossing historical novel from an outstanding writer

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0192792148
• ISBN 13: 9780192792143
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368